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Signs of damage
A range of lesions can occur including concentric oblong light oval-shaped rings (early sign), light green diamond-shaped areas, concentric green and tan oval-shaped rings, tan necrotic spots, and green islands within tan necrotic spots. Damage can reduce harvest yield and grade of onions.
How to prevent
Reduced bulb size and quality of symptoms develop while bulbs are still growing. Control thrips. Control weeds and volunteer onion plants. Remove and destroy infected plants.
Heal
Monitor thrips populations with sticky traps starting in June. Damage is often first noticed at field edges, in areas of stressed plants, or in locations with thin plant stands. Infected plants may not show symptoms for several weeks. Sometimes symptoms may never appear. Reduced bulb size and quality of symptoms develop while bulbs are still growing. Control thrips. Control weeds and volunteer onion plants. Remove and destroy infected plants. Rotate crops.
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